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|holiday_name = Goa Liberation Day<br />
|type = [[Liberation Day]]<br />
|image =The War Memorial at Indian Naval Ship Gomantak.JPG<br />
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|caption = The War Memorial at Indian Naval Ship Gomantak was constructed in memory of seven young gallant sailors and other personnel who laid down their lives on 19 December 1961 in the “[[Operation Vijay (1961)]]” undertaken by the [[Indian Navy]] for liberation of [[Anjediva Island]] and Territories of [[Goa]], [[Daman and Diu]] from the [[Portuguese rule in India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Goa Liberation Day Anniversary |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/goa-liberation-day-anniversary |accessdate=20 December 2018 |publisher=Indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref><br />
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|observedby =[[Goans]], Indians<br />
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|significance = Liberation of Goa from Portugal<br />
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|date = 19 December <br />
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|duration =1 day<br />
|frequency = Annual<br />
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|weekday = <!-- "Sunday", "Monday", "Friday", etc. --><br />
|month = December<br />
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|date2018 = 19 December 2018<br />
|date2019 = 19 December 2019<br />
|date2020 = 19 December 2020<br />
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|relatedto = [[Goa liberation movement]]<br />
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'''Goa Liberation Day''' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: Dia da libertação de Goa) ([[Konkani language|Konkani]]: गोंय मुक्ति दिस, Goem Mukti Dis) ([[Hindi]]: गोवा मुक्ति दिवस<ref>{{cite news |title=जब भारतीय सेना ने गोवा को 450 साल पुराने पुर्तगाली शासन से कराया था आजाद |url=https://www.jagran.com/politics/national-goa-liberation-day-2018-anniversary-when-india-freed-goa-from-portuguese-rule-jagran-special-18760471.html |publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]] |date=19 December 2018 |language=Hindi}}</ref>) is observed on December 19 every year in Goa, India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bose |first1=Abhimanyu |title=Country Celebrates 57th Goa Liberation Day, Parade Held In Coastal State |url=https://www.ndtv.com/goa-news/goa-liberation-day-2018-as-manohar-parrikar-sends-wishes-a-brief-history-of-goa-liberation-day-1965087 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=December 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=This is how Goa celebrated its 57th Liberation day |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/this-is-how-goa-celebrated-its-57th-liberation-day/videoshow/67175644.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=December 20, 2018}}</ref> The Goa Liberation Day is celebrated in commemoration of the Indian armed forces freeing [[Goa]] from [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] rule.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bose |first1=Abhimanyu |title=Country Celebrates 57th Goa Liberation Day, Parade Held In Coastal State |url=https://www.ndtv.com/goa-news/goa-liberation-day-2018-as-manohar-parrikar-sends-wishes-a-brief-history-of-goa-liberation-day-1965087 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=December 19, 2018}}</ref> Also, India was completely free from European rule on this day<br />
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== Background ==<br />
[[Goa]], an Indian state, was liberated on December 19, 1961, from around 450 years of [[Portuguese rule in India|Portuguese rule]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Here's to the folks of Goa, Daman and Diu! |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/special/goa-liberation-fifty-years-on/20111219.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=December 19, 2011}}</ref><br />
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== Observance == <br />
Various programmes organised across Goa to mark the Goa Liberation Day.<ref>{{cite news |title=On Goa Liberation Day, govt calls to make state plastic-free |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/on-goa-liberation-day-govt-calls-to-make-state-plastic-free-5500316/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=December 19, 2018}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Goa liberation movement]]<br />
* [[Annexation of Goa]]<br />
* [[History of Goa]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Culture of Goa]]<br />
[[Category:December observances]]<br />
[[Category:Observances in India]]<br />
[[Category:History of Goa]]<br />
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